>  If hundreds of assholes and a dozen criminals support
  > you, then that makes it seem more likely that you are
  > an asshole or a criminal.

I'll bet there are a lot of criminals/assholes that like watching The Colbert Report. If they do illegal (or douchey) things on behalf of Stephen Colbert, does that mean that he can be personally held accountable (assuming he doesn't make a call to action on-air).